Web poker has become world celebrated lately, with televised tournaments and celebrity poker game events. The games universal appeal, though, stretches back in reality a bit farther than its television scores. Over the years several variants on the first poker game have been developed, including a few games that are not quite poker anymore. Caribbean stud poker is one of these particular games. Despite the name, Caribbean stud poker is most closely affiliated with 21 than long-standing poker, in that the players bet against the bank rather than each other. The succeeding hands, are the established poker hands. There is no conniving or different types of boondoggle. In Caribbean stud poker, you are expected to ante up before the dealer announcing "No more bets." At that instance, both you and the casino and of course all of the other gamblers attain five cards each. After you have observed your hand and the bank’s initial card, you have to either make a call wager or accede. The call wager’s amount is equal to your original ante, which means that the risks will have doubled. Giving Up means that your wager goes instantly to the house. After the bet is the face off. If the casino doesn’t have ace/king or better, your wager is returned, including a figure equal to the original bet. If the dealer does have ace/king or better, you succeed if your hand defeats the bank’s hand. The house pony’s up chips equal to your wager and fixed expectations on your call wager. These odds are:
- Even for a pair or high card
- 2-1 for 2 pairs
- 3-1 for three of a kind
- four to one for a straight
- five to one for a flush
- seven to one for a full house
- 20-1 for a four of a kind
- 50-1 for a straight flush
- one hundred to one for a royal flush